While the storyline was interesting enough to keep me reading until the end, the actual romance was so entirely unappealing, it nearly made me put the book down. Matthew treats Kathryn so poorly throughout the majority of the book, its kind of sickening how enthralled she is with him. I haven't read a book whose so-called romance fits the criteria for an abusive relationship so well since Twilight. I would not recommend this book to any of my friends, and I would not read it again.